title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the natural triploid loach, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitididae).
abstract: Abstract The complete mitochondrial genome of the natural triploid loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus is a circular molecule of 16,646 bp in size, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes and 2 main noncoding regions (the control region and the origin of the light strand replication). Most of the genes are encoded on the heavy strand, except for ND6 and 8 tRNAs. The control region is 918 bp in length and located between the tRNA(Pro) and tRNA(Phe) genes, some typical conserved elements (TAS, CSB1-3 and CSB D-F) were found in this region. All these features reflect a typical vertebrate mitochondrial gene arrangement of the triploid M. anguillicaudatus.
authors.affiliation: College of Fisheries, Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture; Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan, Hubei , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yong-Yao
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yan-He
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ru-Wei
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wei-Min
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiao-Yun
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003531:Cypriniformes / Q000235:genetics*; D023061:Gene Order; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
keywords: Misgurnus anguillicaudatus; mitogenome; triploid